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Urban Walks Series 2024
04 February 2024, 1:00 pm–3:00 pm
Urban Walks is a London-based series that engages with those outside academia to look at a wide variety of issues facing urban life. All walks are free and open to the public.
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UCL Urban Laboratory
Urban Walks 2024
The UCL Urban Laboratory will host a new series of urban walks for 2024. Each walk will take place in London exploring and engaging with urban life and issues. Walk leaders will lead discussions on a variety of topics, from the housing crisis and river pollution, to night-time safety and gentrification. All walks will be free and open to the public.
The programme will cover parts of the capital packed with history, culture and controversy, and will explore often overlooked spaces in the city.
Numbers are limited and free tickets will be made available on Eventbrite. Please do only book a ticket if you are committed to joining. Each walk will go ahead regardless of all but the most severe weather conditions.
Sunday 4 Feb 2024 | 13:00-15:00 | Dr Sabina Andron | Start: Leake Street Tunnel
Living Walls in London’s Largest Graffiti Tunnel
This walk is now sold out, please do join the waiting list
The Leake Street Tunnel is one of London’s most iconic graffiti locations, with a history of free painting that started with Banksy in 2007. Since then, Leake Street has changed management multiple times, prompting questions about who owns the graffitied walls, and the cultural capital they generate. Join Dr Sabina Andron on this walk to take a close look at the thickly-layered surfaces of Leake Street, and discuss the role of graffiti in neoliberal urban development.
The walk will not cover a large distance but participants will be standing for the duration of the walk. Most of the walk is sheltered in case of rain but participants are advised to wear warm, weather-proof clothing and comfortable shoes. Photography is permitted and encouraged.
Dr Sabina Andron is a Postdoc Fellow in Cities and Urbanism at the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Cities. She works on urban visual culture, graffiti and signage, to examine the role of public images in urban citizenship and governance. She previously taught at The Bartlett School of Architecture, where she received her Architectural History and Theory PhD in 2018.
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- Directions to Leake Street Tunnel
Image: Urban Walks Poster 2024